Associations to the word «Civilize»
Noun
- Norbert
- Elias
- Colonialism
- Imperialism
- Uplift
- Barbarian
- Aborigine
- Confucianism
- Assimilation
- Filipinos
- Osiris
- Pagan
- Savage
- Mission
- Civilization
- Orpheus
- Missionary
- Colonization
- Christianity
- Indian
- Yunnan
- Influence
- Rationale
- Native
- Ideology
- Refinement
- Mankind
- European
- African
- Cambodia
- Moral
- Justification
- Burden
- Coloni
- Peoples
- Convert
- Elite
- Process
- Racism
- Saxon
- Destiny
- Continent
- Empire
- Gaul
- Slavery
- Enlightenment
- Consolidation
- Humanity
- Sion
- Instinct
- Vietnamese
- Africa
- Commerce
- Anglo
- Culture
- Tribe
- Nation
- Knox
- Intercourse
- Religious
- Nationalism
- Religion
- Expansion
Adjective
Wiktionary
CIVILIZE, verb. Alternative spelling of civilise
Dictionary definition
CIVILIZE, verb. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".
CIVILIZE, verb. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.